theatre
Let an agent handle theatre by form, production, venue, access and rights.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle theatre by form, production, venue, access and rights.
A collaborative performing art in which live performers present a real or imagined event before a live audience, using speech, gesture, music, dance and staging; also the building where it happens.
What it is for: Art, storytelling, entertainment, education and community.
It can be attend performances; produce and stage plays; study and teach theatre; license performance rights.
Distinguishing features
Live performance before an audience
Many forms and traditions
Scripts are licensed
Venues must be accessible and safe
What it looks like
Stages, sets, lighting, costumes and audiences.
How it is recognised
Productions with titles, casts and venues
Forms such as drama, musical, improvisation
The theatre building is a related sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is performed by - performers
takes place in - venue
is based on - script
In practice
Families and kinds
dramatic theatre
musical theatre
improvisation
puppetry and physical theatre
touring and community theatre
theatre pedagogy
Standards and regulation
Copyright and performance licensing
Venue safety and licensing
Accessibility law
Failure modes and hazards
Unlicensed performances
Stage accidents
Inaccessible venues
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Form Which theatre.
Form decides expectations.
Genre
Drama, musical.
Genre
Theatre form.
- What form of theatre is it? definition
- From which tradition? provenance
Work
Play or piece.
Work
Work.
- Which play or piece is performed? provenance
- Who wrote it? provenance
Production Staging.
Productions differ.
Credits
Company and cast.
Credits
Production credits.
- Which company, director and cast? provenance
- When and where does it run? provenance
Rights
Licensing.
Rights
Performance rights.
- Has performance licensing been secured? provenance
- From which rights holder? provenance
Audience Attending.
Audiences need information.
Tickets
Booking.
Tickets
Tickets.
- How can tickets be booked, and at what price? action
- Is there an age guidance? boundary
Access
Accessibility.
Access
Accessible performances.
- Are captioned, audio-described or relaxed performances available? definition
- Is the venue accessible? boundary
Safety Stage and venue.
Theatre has risks.
Stage
Technical safety.
Stage
Stage safety.
- Are rigging, pyrotechnics and stage machinery managed safely? boundary
- Who is responsible? provenance
Venue
Licensing.
Venue
Venue safety.
- Is the venue licensed and its capacity respected? boundary
- What are the evacuation arrangements? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should theatre forms be separate entries?
- How should productions be linked as instances?
- How should the building sense be split off?